Meischen Ink
At Home Then and Now
David Meischen lives
in Austin, Texas, with his partner of fourteen years,
Scott Wiggerman. In the spring, Banks roses cascade along
the fenceline of the house they call home.
David is a Texas native. He grew up on the Meischen family
farm in Jim Wells County. Agua Dulce Creek, which borders
the farm—and the brush country that blankets this part of
South Texas—have inspired David's lifelong love of story.
David has written poetry for twenty-five years. A
co-founder and Managing Editor of Dos Gatos Press, a
nonprofit venture dedicated to poetry, he has a recent MFA
in fiction writing. He divides his time between the duties
of an editor and the habits of a writer.
Milestones
- Valparaiso
Fiction Review will publish David's short
story "Eldorado" in Volume 1, Issue 2—Spring 2012.
- In January, 2012, Prime
Number will publish "Center Wheel, Balance
Wheel, Escape Wheel" in the magazine's first print
annual. This story was initially published online in Prime Number 7.7.
- In February, 2011, Talking
Writing published "Yellow Jackets," a short story.
- In May Superstition Review published another short story, "In the Garden."
- In June, David won the Writers' League of Texas
Manuscript Contest in Mainstream Fiction.
- David served as co-editor of Wingbeats:
Exercises and Practice in Poetry, an
August release from Dos Gatos Press.
